O3 in Bhaktapur:We had face-to-face with Maoists

Nothing new in his rants, except for admission of meeting the Murderous Commies... and there were not that many people on Nyatapola Square. Bhaktapur was always communist town... so they came and politely listened.
But it was first time he admitted TREASONOUS ACTIVITY:

We had face-to-face with Maoists: Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 7 -

Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala has for the first time said in public that he met Maoist leaders face-to-face in the process of reaching the 12-point understanding. Addressing a mass meeting in Bhaktapur on Wednesday, Koirala also lashed out at charges that party leaders went onto foreign soil to reach an agreement with the Maoists. "I will even go to hell if necessary to bring peace in the country."

Koirala accused the king of rejecting peace out of fear that he would lose his excuse for autocratic rule. 

"The three-month-long unilateral ceasefire of the Maoists expired without any gesture for peace from the palace," he said.

"Instead, the king was wandering in Africa".

The octogenarian leader also claimed that the 12-point understanding with the rebels was within the mandate of the seven-party alliance.

Koirala said the parties have not changed their demand for House restoration.

"We cannot reach a destination if we follow the wrong path," he said. 

Party General Secretary Ram Chandra Poudel said the understanding between the seven-party alliance and the Maoists has instilled hope and confidence in people. "But it has created panic in the palace," he said.

"The palace, which is founded on violence, never wants peace."

 Party Vice-Chairman Sushil Koirala, Assistant General Secretary Dr Ram Sharan Mahat and party spokesperson KP Sitaula also spoke on the occasion.

There you have it: O3 charges HM with obstinacy, BUT not one small word of self-criticism, no apology for bringing Nepal where it is today, no admission of REMORSE! But mouth full "people" this "people" that. Disgusting is too gentle word for this demagogy!

Nuts & Bolts of VVIP savaris (processions).

Interesting insight how the 'savaris' are planned, and the cock-up on Baneshwor: while I was gazing into crystal ball in my pre-Friday post, a group of security officals were planning the route. I have foreseen the problem, the provocation of MKN - a venue of charged-up commies at the same-time/same-place spelled TROUBLE, with capitol T! In the past, and in many monarchies/authoritative states today, there would be firing, live ammo, on the stone-throwers, and many would be killed. This is what I think the Deceiver wished - blood on the hands of the Royals! It's only commendable the Police Chiefs, among them "our" Bhaktapur Police Inspector resisted the pressure and now pay for their "disobedience".

Action against officers ruffles feathers in Nepal Police

    BY BIKASH SANGRAULA KATHMANDU, Dec 5 - The suspension of three police officials, Monday, on charges of security mismanagement has ruffled feathers at Nepal Police. The suspension follows the recent incident in which the royal motorcade escorting Crown Prince Paras to Tribhuvan International airport last Friday was pelted with stones at Baneshwor. While high-ranking police officials concede that the attack on the royal motorcade resulted from major security failure, they argue that the incident occurred due to poor planning and lapses in communication. "It is customarily the military police that decides the route for VVIP motorcades. They chose the Minbhawan route in the security meeting that took place Thursday, despite being informed about the CPN-UML demonstration that was to take place less than 20 meters from a section of the route," said one senior police official. The security meeting that takes place a day before a VVIP motorcade also outlines two alternative routes for escorting the motorcade as well as emergency exit and emergency refuge. The meeting is attended by the IGP, Valley DIG, District SP, chief of valley traffic police, military police officials, the chief district officer, and officials from National Investigation Department. Apart from having the final say on route selection, the military police also forms the closest security cover in a royal motorcade. An official royal motorcade is led by a traffic police vehicle responsible for road clearance, followed by warning motorcycles, a traffic police van, a leader van, the VVIP vehicle(s), two military police cars and finally a vehicle of the police chief. This was the exact sequence in which crown prince Paras' motorcade moved from the royal palace. The rioters also pelted a few stones at the king's limousine which preceded the motorcade. On the other hand, the rioters hurled several stones at the crown prince's vehicle. Police officials say that there was a major communication failure among security agencies Friday. For moving a royal motorcade, the security escorts inform everyone in the motorcade as well as security personnel posted along the way to switch their communication sets from Channel 2 to Channel 1. "On Friday, the security personnel stationed on the way were not informed to switch channels and therefore did not know that the motorcade was approaching," a key police official told the Post. Even if they had known, they would still not have been able to do much. "A handful of police personnel cannot control hundreds of rioters," he said. On Monday, the ministry for Home Affairs suspended SP Indra Prasad Neupane, chief of Kathmandu District Police Office, who was responsible for security from New Baneshwor to Tinkune. Inspector Surendra Mainali, in-charge of Swayambhu Ward Police Office and Inspector Bhabesh Rimal of Bhaktapur District Police Office, who had been called from their stations to aid security in Minbhawan area, were also handed suspension letters. Valley Deputy Inspector General of Police Krishna Basnet was in-charge of the area. A five-member committee formed by police chief Shyam Bhakta Thapa, Saturday, is slated to come out with its report on Tuesday. This is the first time in 14 years that a member of the royal family has come under attack in public. In 1990, stones were hurled at late Queen Aishwarya at Pashupatinath temple area. In September 1, 2004, the day after Iraqi militants killed 12 Nepalese workers in cold blood, riots spread in Kathmandu. Nearly 100 manpower agencies and personal properties were burnt and vandalized. Not a single police officer faced action for the security lapse.

And of course, the CPN-UML tries to wring each'n'every ounce of the "attack" on their red HQ in Kalanki. Interestingly enough Oli mentions 'punishement of dozens of police officers', and downplays his own/his party's role in setting-up the provocation

Think Twice Before Attacking Parties, Oli Warns 'Hooligans'  

THT Online Kathmandu, December 7

CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli warned the "small groups of hooligans" not to mess with the political parties that have mass support and strong roots at all levels in the capital. He was addressing an interaction programme organised by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Responding to a query related to the foiled attacks on CPN-UML and NC offices following the Naya Baneshower incident last Friday, he said, "Those who want to attack political parties like ours' should think twice before taking any action." But he assured that the parties were "responsible" and would not reciprocate violence with violence.
Oli said that the police had inhumanely detained school-going children and waiters serving in local restaurants after some hooligans tried to disrupt the mass meet at Naya Baneshwor.
"Two parties pelted stones at each other across the street. One of them hit a passing car. This incident was enough to punish dozens of police officers. This is a unique example of autocracy," he said.
He said that every autocrat was afraid of free media as h/she does not want the public to hear any bad news. "The dissemination of true information goes against the wishes of an autocrat. This can be inferred from what has been happening in Nepal in the past ten months," he said.

These guys will not understand 'censorship' and 'free-pres' until they take toilet-cleaning job in Saudi Arabia! Oli can come with tese kinds of accusations, widely read, as I type, by hundreds of thousands in the Valley, endlessly repeated on KANTIPUR TV and Radio for millions of others, and he has the cheek to complain about FREEDOM OF THE PRESS!
Gimme a break, the debate here, at least AGINST THE MONARCHY is as free as it gets!

India tightens screws.

India, the big, diplomatically sophisticated giant to the South is not limited to a one-track approach to show it's displeasure with the King.
Kantipur Online reports:

 

India proposes review of transit points

        By Ameet Dhakal

KATHMANDU, Dec 5 - Nepal-India transit talks ended inconclusively on Saturday after India proposed, among other things, a review of the number of existing transit points.

A highly placed government official, on condition of anonymity, said the Indian delegation proposed discussions on rationalization of transit points, movement of goods sensitive in nature, access to other Indian territory through Nepal and railway modalities.

The official said Nepal was particularly concerned about the first two issues -- rationalization of transit points and movement of goods sensitive in nature.

"We are not sure why India wants to review transit points at this point and what exactly it wants to talk about concerning the movement of sensitive goods," the official said, adding, "These are sensitive issues and need to be dealt with at the political level."

Officials are concerned about the motive of the Indian side given the acrimonious relationship between the two neighbors at the political level in the post-February One period. India, according to the official, hasn't directly proposed reduction of the number of transit points "but one can easily guess where they are headed."

The suspicion of the Nepali side has a history to it. In 1989, when Nepal-India relations soured, the southern neighbor pulled the transit leverage that it enjoys over the land-locked Himalayan kingdom. Then, India had shut down all but two of the 15 transit points following the expiry of the Nepal-India Trade and Transit Treaty, causing a near-collapse of Nepal's fragile economy.

The Nepali side is also suspicious about India's proposal to discuss the movement of sensitive goods. India is not only demanding review of the mode of transportation of 'sensitive' goods but also wants to allocate certain transit points for cross-border movement of such goods. Media reports, a few months ago, about a state-sponsored plan to smuggle subsidized fertilizer from the Indian market had alarmed India. Nepal later on averted the plan.

When asked why transit talks ended inconclusively, Jawed Ashraf, commerce secretary at the Indian embassy said, "The meeting was not inconclusive. We had very productive discussions. Issues that require further examination and consultations were identified. We look forward to continuing our engagement on these issues." He also argued that the two governments, in accordance with a provision of the treaty, decided to carry out a review of arrangements under the treaty.

He, however, indirectly conceded that India has proposed review of the existing transit routes. He said, "Rationalization of transit routes and designating routes for movements of sensitive goods were among the issues that came up in the meeting."

The existing Transit Treaty between Nepal and India expires on January 5, 2006. Signed in 1999, the treaty has a provision for automatic renewal every seven years unless terminated by either party with a prior notice of six months. However, the treaty also says that the two countries will review the modalities, routes, conditions of transit and customs arrang-ements before such renewal takes place. This leaves room for different interpretations about the continuous implementation of the treaty unless there is a joint review before its expiry.

One month! One month and even more chaos threatens this poor, suffering land. But the King and the RNA are stubborn and proud.
As they, as representatives of a proud nation, never colonised, should be!

Nepali Flags vs. Blood Stained rags

This character MKN, lapdog-cum trial balloon of O3 is getting more-n'-more unhinged day-by-day! KANTIPUR TV (and publ. house, controlled by murky Indian Corp.) is quickly becoming Nepal TV, that is Madhan Kumar Nepal and his Merry Commies personal mouthpiece-TV! Nothing against it, in democracies often happens that one TV/media conglo is leaning that, some the other way... But the way past month this TV swinged towards the 7 dwarfs is't unbelievable! If I had not my patented Elephantine Memory TM and the pain in my broken leg I would have thought I was dreaming.. or nightmaring:
Back to Friday the 2nd - the day I fear will be later recognized as a MAJOR date in Nepal history - MKN thought he will rule the streets - if not Kathmandu then at least Baneswar, an area HM MUST pass on his way to Palace. Clear provocation! So it's only understandable that monarchists - well if you watched only Kantipur you would not know there are any left in Nepal! - took issue with the commies when the latter pelted cavalcade of Crown Prince Paras, going to greet his father at the airport, with stones (see yesterday's post). So after seeing HM safely reach the Palace, they , well some thousands of them, marched over to Kalanki, at least 4 miles from Baneswor, on the other side of the town, near the old, worn out cable-car ropeway. There they threatened to burn the commie HQ down, with all the bigwigs inside celebrating the FINGER they gave the King. in it!
So MKN gets on his mobile, calls some unlisted number... in police HQ, Naxal, and asks for HEEELP! The Fine Boyz un Blue arrive just in time to save his hide...
In his Saturday speeches (mainly to, yeah you guessed it, KANTIPUR TV) MKN forthed and foamed about how the UNHCR and UK-embassy and probably Martians saved him from "Mandalees". This is a pejorative expression back from 1990, and that time ment paid,sworn,die-hard supporters of Panchayat... Only yesterday, Sunday, did I hear him utter half-baked thanks to the security forces!
To call this sponataneous outburst of monarchists' anger for "Mandalees' organized assasination attempt" is proof MKN is on verge of nervous-breakdown. Unlike many of participants in his Ratna Park Happenings (there are confirmed statements from building workers and unemployed of NPR100-150 per demo), the patriots on the Ring Road threatening to torch his HQ did not need any renumeration or organization!
And if it was organized by the Palace, how come the Police came, and quickly?
As for me, if I see two groups of demonstrators, one with the beatiful, historical, patriotic flags and the other waving rags, stained by blood of 100 mill. victims (Nepali: 10 crore mareko mancheharu!), which group would I support?
Ask yourselves - which group would you support? - as the time is nearing you all will have to make that choice!

Black Jaguar

... was the only obviously black thing last Friday.
Alas my gazing into the crystal ball was myopic, to say the least...
But my respect for Kathmandu Police, listed in last post(s), have only grown!
They managed to provide:
1, for HM the King dignified return to his Country, Capital and Palace and
2, they managed in friendly but firm manner the huge rally of about 15,000 angry, frustrated communists at the same physical area!
No one was hurt and, except for some scuffles between the royalists and the commies, there was peace and quiet. There came reports last night though that the Police have to go out to Kalanki to protect the HQ of CPN-UML from angry royalists who accuse them of TREASON. Right, they are at last getting mad and showing it! And the "reactionary puppy of the Palace" was good enough to protect them... Strange things, hey! but this is Kathmandu:

"And the wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of Kathmandu.."
-- Rudyard Kipling

So back to the Black Jaguar: this was the longest jag I've ever seen, with a flag pole on the roof flying King's colors and crests on both rear doors. The King and Queen very touchingly took their grandchildren for the ride to the Palace, a gesture I really appreciate, being a grandfather mysself...

Update: The street fighting/obstruction of the Royal Savari was more dramatic:

Crown Prince seeks explanation from top security officials


Crown Prince Paras on Saturday sought clarification from chief of Nepal Police and other high-ranking security officials on alleged security lapse on Friday when his cavalcade heading towards Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) to receive Their Majesties King Gyanendra and Queen Komal reportedly came under attack.

According to reports, the Crown Prince arrived at the Police headquarters at around 10 a. m. on Saturday?a public holiday. Inspector General of Police Shyam Bhakta Thapa, chief of the Army Staff of the Royal Nepalese Army General Pyar Jung Thapa, chief of the Armed Police Force Sahabir Thapa and chief of the National Intelligence Department Devi Ram Sharma were present on the occasion.

Crown Prince left police headquarters within ten minutes.

Meanwhile, Kantipur daily reports that IGP Thapa has constituted a five-member committee to probe into Friday?s incident. The committee comprises deputy inspector generals of Nepal Police Him Gurung and Keshav Baral, senior superintendent of police Krishna Bahadur Thapa and superintendents of police Upendra Kanta Aryal and Rana Bahadur Chand. The committee has already started probe into the incident.

Earlier, reports said pro-UML supporters and a group of royalists clashed at Min Bhavan area immediately after the conclusion of a huge mass rally of the UML at New Baneswore on Friday. The cavalcade of Crown Prince Paras and other security chiefs passed through the area at the same time when the angry demonstrators were pelting stones at each other.

At least half a dozen security personnel including SP of traffic police were injured in the stone pelting, according to reports. nepalnews.com by Dec 04 05

Of course, MKN and his Merry Communists (as opposed to the Murdering ones) knew the King was coming back, this was known on the day HM left for Dhaka. So if you aspire to be state-building politician and interested in peace, would you plan a rally on the same spot and same time? Now would you? He did!

The Other Koirala.

They are hard to find, but there ARE dissenting voices in the MSM amidst the chorus of bleating 'journos' repeating the PC-mantra du jour 'Republic-Republic'...

One of the refreshing voices is none other than son of the 'Father of Nepali Democracy' B.P. Koirala and nephew of O3

In its front-page anchor news report on Thursday, Gorkhapatra daily quoted Minister Koirala as saying that India worked for the pact after Nepal's new position in its foreign policy during the SAARC Summit, said the minister. 'India might have thought that Nepal was trying to wriggle free from its clutch,' junior Koirala said. But he said he was sorry that the Nepali political leaders failed to understand India's game-plan. 'When India's interest is fulfilled it will sideline the parties,' he added.

'The days of playing politics by remaining in India has ended. If those politicians want to do politics according to the changed context, they should dare to do politics in Nepalese soil and not by riding on other's shoulders.'

On the government's response to the alliance of the parties and the Maoists, Minister Koirala said that the government should not remain a mute spectator to what this called a treachery. 'The government must stand up against those who are trying to fuel terrorism.'

Nepalis won't say anything if the US enters into an agreement with al Qaeda, said Koirala. But why did countries like the US, UK and India welcome the agreement between the parties and Maoists at a time when they are fighting against terrorists themselves' he asked.

'There is only one reason, they do not want stability in Nepal so that they can continue playing games here.'

Referring to one of the points of agreement between the parties and the Maoist saying that the Royal Nepalese Army and the Maoists' armed forces be placed under the supervision of the United Nations or any credible international agency when elections to the constituent assembly are taking place, Minister Koirala asked how could it be possible for an independent nation. He further said it was something that has never happened anywhere in the world. 'This only shows their bankruptcy in political acumen.'

Minister Koirala said he was concerned about the increase of foreign interference in Nepal's domestic. 'But it is because of the political leaders here, who rush to Delhi even on every trifle issue and plot against the country's sovereignty and independence,' he added.

When asked about the accusation of the violation of human rights and freedom in Nepal by the state, Koirala shot back, 'In America, if any of its citizens work for terrorists or connive against the country, they are put in jail for up to three years under the 'Patriot Act' but nobody raises the issue of human rights and freedom there.'

In Nepal, everybody is free to do anything. The government has done nothing to those who returned here after rubbing shoulders with the terrorists in India, said Koirala.

Son of late B.P. Koirala - the first popularly elected rime minister and one of the founders of Nepali Congress (NC) - Prakash Koirala was expelled by the NC for supporting the royal takeover early this year.

His Majesty King Gyanendra later offered him a berth in the council of ministers chaired by himself.

Hard to resist to exclaim a small, gloating "I told you so!", but this was PRECISELY THE POINT in my previous posts: India, more precisely the brown sahebs of South Block are pissed at HM ouvertures to China, and China's response!

Black Friday coming...

Tomorrow, Dec. 2nd, HM King is scheduled to return from the World Internet Summit and inspection of Nepali UN-contingent in Africa.
And the "peceful" commies, the CPN-UML (actually the Shin Fein to the Provos of the Maobadis, the NOT brave enough, NOT ruthless enough to carry guns...) couldn't pick "better" day to re-launch (for x-time) their "andolan", and of course, on the same route HM is ALWAYS taking to his Palace: Tinkuni near the Airport down to Maitighar in the heart of the government district.
In any big city there is enough crazies to fight with the police - have lived in Paris in 1968, seen it all - Kathmandu is no exception. Hey man, it's fun: throw some bricks, run in intimately known local alleys. I've always tipped my hat to the Kathmandu Police - so much provocation, 3 years of nearly daily, escalating, demonstrations - and NO ONE DIED! Show me this in any 3rd world country, yes, Paris/France 2005 comes again to mind - extremely restrained police.
But I have a gut feeling, tomorrow will be different. The King is coming and they want to sour his homecoming and provoke his guard into shooting (well, he might take helicopter, but knowing a thing or two about this man I don't bet on it!).
Another sign of quickening of the plot is the BREAKING NEWS:

Government forces kill two top Maoist commanders in Nepal:

Kathmandu, 01 December, (Asiantribune.com):

Only days before the lapsing of the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Maoists on September 3 this year, the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) has killed two senior Maoist commanders in aerial raids in Nepal?s Maoist stronghold of Rapti zone.

In a statement posted on Maoist website KrishnaSen Online Wednesday, Maoist chairman Prachanda has claimed that division commander of the People?s Liberation Army Khim Bahadur Thapa alias Sunil and a battalion vice-commander Nirmam were killed in the aerial raid took place Tuesday evening in Jinawang village in Rolpa district.

Right On! Sorry the Butcher of Teachers and his Head-Hacking friends were not there...
We certainly live here in Nepal in INTERESTING TIMES!

Treason and Madness

The treasonous party-politicians are talking, shouting, as to convince each other the 'Republic' is a done thing! Can't help it, going back to my elephantine memory, but there was time in Nepal when such expressions (bah - foaming at the mouth sounds better!) were qualified as TREASON and Lese Majesty (from the Latin Laesa maiestatis, injury to the Majesty).

But since that Ratna Park Intifada, (the one-two thousand of old-faithful, obstructing traffic and burning effigies of what the press "tactfuly" called "regression"), both MK Nepal and his buddy the O3 talked each other into courage to see who can say more stupid, injurious thing about Monarchy! And I say Monarchy, not King, for that is the target, that is the one thing they in their stewardship of the country past 16 years (OK OK, they've been out of power for like 3 years, but they still bear respopnsibility for the stalemate!) didn't taint or destroy...

Now that the RNA has quadrupled it's strength, and the Maobadi are loath of another 10 years in the Siliguri's fine Guest Houses (oops! I mean jungle...) and getting their butts kicked by the villagers and their "fine" command structure disintegrates into dacoits bands:
So the 7 dwarfs in their last desperate, DISHONEST lounge for power ... they allied themselves with the DEVIL.
It seems they (MKN & O3) didn't study the history of United Fronts in Eastern Europe after the WWII ! In every case, from Czechoslovakia down to Bulgaria, the "real" communists went for the power and won in few months TOTAL POWER. For four decades!
And if the Maobadis, Shiva forbid!, succeed here, they will be among the first on scaffolds and in reeducation camps: No one was more persecuted by Lenin then the poor, misguided "ESSER's" [Social Revolutionaries] - a decade after the 1917 revolution hardly one of them was still alive! - that was Lenin/Stalin's gratitude towards the party who helped them to TOTAL POWER!
Yes, study history, comrades!
So back to my main question - why are these guys and the assorted "Human Rights activists" not charged wtih Lese Majesty.?
After the student uprising in Bangkok in 1991 I personally witnessed different respect for the Monarchy... and it cost around 400 dead and there was no foreign crying about Human Rights: No, you injure the King, you die!

Genocide? What genocide?

In eternal infamy, Walter Duranty, wites UKRAYINSKA PRAVDA:

"the veteran Moscow correspondent of The New York Times, whose admirers ranged from H.L. Mencken and Walter Lippmann to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, responded only two days later in the pages of his august publication. Far more than anything disgraced former Times reporter Jayson Blair wrote, it was arguably the most infamous piece of reporting or analysis ever to appear in that great paper.

Duranty, an 11-year veteran of Moscow who had won the Pulitzer Prize the previous year, disparaged Jones as having made a "somewhat hasty" judgment on the basis of "a 40-mile walk through villages near Kharkov" where he "had found conditions sad."

Having dismissed the conditions that in fact led to the deaths of 10 million men, women and children as merely "sad," Duranty went on to explained that "you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs." He explicitly stated "there is no famine."

Who is this Jones, the good guy in this story? He is now being accorded title: "Gareth Jones, hero of Ukraine".
Just like the local "hyenas" (a name aptly given to journalists by Czech President, Václav Klaus), the beating of some journalist by the RNA or some other "crime" is being equaled with REAL HORRORS, like some guys come to your house and behead your husband or rob your entire harvest or take your child to the mountains! Cultural Relativity my ass!

Now Yushchenko is coming with more:
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko calls on the world to recognise the 1930s Great Famine as Soviet genocide. Let's see what the Gray Lady has to say about this, if they find a place on page 17 - there is so many amerikkkan atrocities to report... like the underwear-party at Abu Ghraib, right?

The Kathmandu Syndrome

FP: Tell us how and why people under siege often end up internalizing the hatred against themselves and delude themselves about the malicious intentions of their enemies?

Levin: They do so because they are eager to feel some control over a painful situation which is, in reality, out of their control. Chronically abused children - more specifically those subjected to parental abuse - typically blame themselves for their victimization because to do so supports a fantasy that if they reform, if they become "good," their parents will treat them differently. To look at their predicament more realistically would force them to accept their helplessness to change their terrible circumstances, and children, and adults as well, prefer to fend off acknowledging such bitter realities.
Similarly, within populations under chronic siege - whether minorities marginalized, demeaned and attacked by surrounding societies or small nations besieged by their neighbors - some will invariably seek either to avert their gaze from the severity of the threat or rationalize the threat and blame themselves or others within their community for the danger. Their doing so reflects wishful thinking that if only they would reform sufficiently the danger would be alleviated.

Sorry to drag you into this, kind-if highbrow stuff, but when I read it last night on FrontPage a kind of light popped-up: Eureka!
This is what I been thinking all these months, trying to find explenation to obviously suicidal behavior of the 7 dwarfs, sorry I mean the 7 parties, calling themselves "democratic"!
How on earth could you explain the meme going rounds in their brains that:

King is the enemy
Maobadi are to be prefered to King
Republic is better than Monarchy

... to be continued ... must go and wash and groom for Pam & Charles Turkey Eating Contest a.k.a. Thanksgiving 2005...